Mike Johnson had a decent 661 game career, these guys are few and far between though
Speculation: Undrafted FA Thread (NCAA/CHL/Euro) II
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Gaylord Q Tinkledink
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Wait until you hear Graf to the rangers or bruins. Sevaralli just said that he is sticking to the eastern conference.
Gaylord Q Tinkledink
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Yeah and wants to be close to the Boston area.
I mean, Montreal isn't that far from it, but alas.
WeThreeKings
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Whitesnake
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Still wonder what we're doing since Gorton said that they were mostly concentrating on UFA now.....with nothing to show for yet. Not even for Laval.
WeThreeKings
Demidov is a HAB
Making offers without putting a gun to the UFA's head and forcing them to sign here.
Most of the college free agents sign with contenders who have a limited prospect pool.
Whitesnake
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As anything, you still need to show results. Besides, as a player you still can sign with a team no matter the prospect pool, make a name out of yourself and forces the team hand whether by playing you or trading you.
anyway, if it's already set in stone that we don't have the right environment...why concentrate on that then? If the best will sign elsewhere, pretty sure we don't need the fillers too...I guess we will see.
But players that are signed at 24 year old...not sure why the quality of the prospect pool is relevant though.
How the hell does Toronto have cap space??? Don’t they have a ridiculous amount of money tied up in 4 forwards?? I remember when we had Price and Weber and didn’t have 2 nickels to rub together. Yet somehow Toronto and the Rangers always have cap space?
WeThreeKings
Demidov is a HAB
They have few contract slots to give out at the NHL level, so that's a disadvantage for them as other teams will have more reserve slots and can offer an ELC where we may only be able to offer an AHL deal.
And yes, players could - but if you're american, and you are trying to find a way to the NHL, Montreal isn't a number one destination and then you've got limited opportunities due to the current roster not having much flexibility, and a litany of other prospects in the AHL with more coming.
And they're still going to try, it's just easy to see why we very likely won't be signing any of the big name free agents and may not get any at all. You still go out and see if there's an opportunity there.
Finally players that are signed at 24, the quality of the prospect pool is relevant because they'll get chances they otherwise wouldn't. Toronto doesn't have many call up options out of their drafted players, so Quillian becomes an option quickly. In Montreal, he may not get the call over a Simoneau, a Farrell, a Condotta, a Gignac, next year a Mesar, a Beck, etc.
Why would a college free agent sign with a team in 6th last? And they aren’t pursuing FA with 7 games left. I’m sure he meant in the summer.
WeThreeKings
Demidov is a HAB
To sign an ELC? Those guys only count if they are on their active roster, it'd be buried by the blanket coverage of an NHL contract being put in the AHL.. and if they do play, it'd be massively pro-rated.
Adam Michaels
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Gorton didn't say they're mostly concentrating on UFA now. He said they were looking at some college UFA's when he spoke to McGuire and Murphy on their podcast. But he never said they're mostly concentrating on that.
For the record, Quillian goes to the AHL on a tryout this year. So I think the same avenue as Struble?
WeThreeKings
Demidov is a HAB
Smilanic really fell off a cliff after Quinnipiac. Wouldn't have guessed he would be the least valuable part of that trade.
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Adam Michaels
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He would get immediate ice time in Montreal though I doubt the Habs are in the running.
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You never know. I believe Gorton said something along the lines of how successful franchises always add these types of players. Maybe the Habs can make that low bar to entry argument on a team that should be competitive in two years and one of these free agents bites.
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Domi, Bertuzzi, Brodie, Edmundson, Giordano, Lybushkin, Samsonov and Jones are UFAs. Dewar, Robertson, Gregor and Liljegren are RFAs.
Montreal also had cap space (fans even bitterly complained that he wasn't spending to the cap) with Price and Weber until Bergevin started spending like an idiot. And despite all the expensive players, the Leafs don't have any truly terrible long term contracts. Tavares is overpaid for what he is at this point, but he's only under contract for one more season. Reaves, Kampf and Jarnkrok don't have great contracts, but they have a combined AAV of less than 6 mil.
